Hanger for bureau or other drawers.



Patented Nov. I9, |901. c. A. suuoK. HANGER FUR BUREAU DR OTHER DAWERS.

` (Application mea Feb. 2s, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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OASSIUS ALEXANDER SNOOK, OF FORT DODGE, IOWA.

HANGER FOR BUREAUv OR OTHER DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent N0. 686,77 7, datedNovember 19, 1901. Application tiled February 28, 1901. Serial No.49,254. (No model.)

To cl/ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, CAssrUs ALEXANDER SNOOK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Fort Dodge, county of Webster, and State ofIowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers forBureau or other Drawers, of Vwhich the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

This invention relates to improvements in hangers for bureau and otherdrawers, the object thereof being to provide an efficient means wherebythe drawer is constantly maintained on a horizontal line, moves with aminimum of friction, and can be opened to its full length withoutliability of accidentally removing it from the framework supporting it.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically setforth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a cabinet having myimprovement attached and which is shown partly in sectional elevation;Fig. 2, a sectional plan view taken on the line a: of Fig. l; Fig. 3, asectional elevation taken on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is anenlarged side elevation, partly in section, of one of the hangersconstituting part of my invention; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged verticalsectional elevation 'taken on the line e e of Fig. 3.

In the practice of my invention I employ metallic hangers A, which arelocated one on each side of the drawer. These hangers respectivelyembody sections A and A2, and they are provided with upper and lowerslots ct and a forengaging,respectively,the grooved rollers B and C. Therollers B are revolubly connected to the rear portions of the sides 2 ofthe drawer 1 by means of the spindles D, and the rollers C are revolubly secured to the sides 3 of the cabinet by means of the spindles D.These said rollers are arranged on horizontal lines parallel with eachother, and they engage within the slots a and c of the hangers A,whereby said hangers, as well as the drawer l, are constantly maintainedin horizontal position even when the drawer is drawn out to its fulllength, as illustrated by Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The sections A2 of the hangers A are secured to the sections A by meansof screws E, which pass through the sections A2 and enter threadedapertures a2 in the sections A'. They are further secured by means ofdoWel-pins e, formed on the sections A2 and which engage recesses a3 inthe sections A.

The operation and use of the invention are obvious. The rollers beingsecured, respectively, upon the drawer sides and the side walls of thecabinet in vertical and horizontal alinement, admits of the drawer beingmoved freely back and forth without liability of twisting or catchingand with a minimum of friction, and the drawer cannot be entirely'removed without disconnecting the sections of the hangers, wherebyliability of accidentally dropping the drawer during the process ofopening is obviated.

I do not confine myself to the specific details and mechanical means ofassembling the parts as herein shown and described, as it is obviousthat under the scope of my invention I am entitled to slight structuralvariations.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, ism

1. In a drawerhanger,the combination with a drawer; and the frameworkwhereby said drawer is supported; of hangers having two parallelhorizontal slots, an upper and a lower set of rollers engaging saidslots; the upper rollers being fastened to the sides of the said drawer,and the lower set of rollers being fastened to said framework, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a drawerhanger,the combination with a drawer; and the framework bywhich said drawer is supported, of slotted hangers, embodyingrespectively the sections and means of connecting such sections, upperand lower sets of grooved rollers, engaging the slots of said hangers;the upper rollers being rcvo lubly connected to the sides of said drawerand the lower rollers being revolubly connected to saidsupporting-frame; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 11th day of February, 1901.

OASSIUS ALEXANDER SNOOK. Witnesses:

F. RANDALL CAMPBELL, FRANK C. FEssEL.

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